South America Top Picks

It’s a common question to be asked what’s my favourite place, thing I’ve done, thing I’ve seen etc. it is a question I hate because as you can imagine after more than 13 months I’ve seen and done quite a bit on this great continent so it’s hard to chose just one.

Instead of trying to decide on a single place I came up with several top 5 lists. A lot of thought has gone I to these lists and I know I’ve made some big calls. I’m sure not everyone will agree but they are my lists and I’m going to stick by them. Having said that your comments are more than welcome if it’s going to help a fellow traveller.

I’ve also excluded Antarctica because it’s not part of South America but also because it would top all possible lists!

Top 5 Bucket List Items Completed
1. Visit all 7 continents – South America and Antarctica were my last 2
2. Travel 60 countries before I turn 30 – lucky Uruguay was number 60
3. Learn another language – I’m now fluent in Spanglish and have enough Spanish to get me by
4. PADI Open Water Dive certification – achieved this in Taganga, Colombia
5. Swim with Seals/Sea Lions in the wild – I had swum with them in captivity at Underwater World on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast but I’ve now swum with Sea Lions at Puerto Madryn and Galapagos